Picnic in the Park during the flower festival

B sides, elephant rides and crazy guides...

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February 12th 2009
Wow, what a time we've had in Chiang Mai...our new favourite place in Thailand! Since we last posted we've done things we didn't think we'd ever get to do and met so many nice people along the way, it's been fantastic! Chiang Mai is around 700 km north of Bangkok, not far from the Myanmar (Burma) boarder and is seen fondly by the Thai's as their northern capital. Although a city with almost 2 ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more